Thinking of Elizabeth the kids and the Boog this morning smiling great memories. [View all]

[Duncanpup]

Elizabeth loved halloween especially handing out candy or taking the kids when they were younger out to trick and treat. And she and the girls would decorate the inside and outside of the house it was like living in a craft store.

Maybe ten years back on Halloween Liz dressed as little Bo peep and Mr Big paws the greatest Golden retriever ever was her sheep. So I get up from sleeping off a nighttime linehaul turn and our son and youngest daughter who were Jack sparrow and Elizabeth Swann are already out.

So I come downstairs I’m making coffee and there is the Boog the chocolate lab lounging in the recliner with his paw over the arm of chair relaxing I get tail thumps and the Boog is like watching world news. It’s like the chocolate menace of the universe is saying hey man I’m off tonight taking it easy the kids are out sit down take a load off.

So I head outside to the front porch to hang with Bo peep and her one sheep and right away I hear from Liz do not let the chocolate jerk out. And her mom was outside she was visiting and mother in law informs me that Boog earlier was caught eating candy out of the container they were using to hand it out in.

Turns out Bo peep had to run out as i was sleeping and buy new candy for that night. Bo peep like i said Liz loved Halloween yet so did the Boog he loved greeting all the children. So I head in refill my coffee and I get a thump thumps from the lab tail. Did Bo peep and (Cruella de vil mother in law and she was not even in costume) fill you in on what happened man.

Tell you man my head fell into the candy bowl and there I was stuck and they had to dislodge my skull from the bowl and i kept eating the candy doing the rescue yep man i was trying to help.

We never had to take knucklehead to vets over his candy intake although for several days afterwards scooping up dog shit I could identify which turds were the Boogs reason candy wrappers would be in the pile.

And after a coffee refill i said come on let’s go outside so you can be the greeter to all the little children. And Boog would he’d run out greet the kids tail wagging smiling and escort them to the porch so they could get candy.